Sea ports and sea power : African maritime cultural landscapes

Weitere Verfasser: Harris, Lynn B. , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
Umfang/Format: xv, 128 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: SpringerBriefs in archaeology
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: Maritime Landscapes as an African Approach to Archaeology
  • Chapter 1: When did the Swahili Become Maritime? A Reply to Jeffrey Fleisher et al. (Elgidius Ichumbaki)
  • Chapter 2: Port of Badagary, a Point of No Return: Investigation of Maritime Slave Trade in Nigeria (Wale Oyediran)
  • Chapter 3: “A Gulf between the Mountains”: Whalers, Slavers and Fishers in False Bay, Cape Colony (Lynn Harris)
  • Chapter 4: Technology and Empire in Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis of British and Dutch Maritime Technologies during the Napoleonic Era (Ivor Mollema)
  • Chapter 5: Bay of Storms and Tavern of the Seas: The Role of Risk in the Maritime Cultural Landscape of the Cape Town Harbour (Jeremy R. Borrelli)
  • Chapter 6: World War I Shipwrecks of the Western Indian Ocean of Tanzania: Neglected Underwater Heritage Resources (Elinaza Mjeme)
  • Chapter 7: Thomas T. Tucker: A Beached US Liberty Ship in Cape Point Nature Reserve, South Africa (Nathaniel King)
  • Chapter 8: On Desolate Sands: Beached Shipwrecks in the Namibian Coastal Landscape (Jennifer J. Jones)
  • Chapter 9: Benefits, Burdens and Opportunities in South Africa: The implications of ratifying the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage (Jonathan Sharfman, Jaco Boshoff, and Jonathan Gribble)
  • Chapter 10: Epilogue (Wale Oyediran and Lynn Harris).